Yakeshinu
102069
1948
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"Blazing Saddles", Mel Brooks.
May 1, 2021 12:08 AM
Yakeshinu
102069
1948
52
"Blazing Saddles", Mel Brooks.
recliningpanda
90sByNature
This was my catch phrase for every party I entered during my teens. Great ice breaker
AtsaMattaForMe
CoyoteWill
Better watch your ass!
ScuseMeWhileIWhipThisOut
Someone called me?
GloriousGirl
GurtX
Well ill-informed people call pretty much everything racist these days
WastelandofWhat
Hilarious movie but she might not realize the commentary of it. Also you might be an asshole for selling your sister out for internet points
CoyoteWill
Didn't dox her or anything so it's fine babe
WastelandofWhat
Hey, if you're fine with mocking your sister behind her back for the approval of random strangers then you do you, babe.
AmishHammer
NSK1986
This is brilliant.
dmTim
This is my favorite Mel Brooks film but I think the best parts were written by Richard Pryor.
gumblemuntz
I'd read that Pryor wasn't interested in writing for Bart, but mainly for Mongo (all 50 words of his dialogue)...
jenzhere99
History of the World was also a Mel Brooks masterpiece
adverselypossessed
... and Spaceballs, and Robin Hood Men in Tights, and The Producers... dude is a straight up comedic genius.
DagothWit
Upon a recent rewatch, Spaceballs isn't nearly as funny as I remember. I can watch Blazing Saddles over and over.
BabeAfett
Also To Be Or Not To Be. An under appreciated Mel Brooks movie.
BabeAfett
jenzhere99
I'll always love Blazing Saddles, History and Men in Tights the best but I've sadly never seen The Producers to compare
SuedeDenimSecretPolice
It's understandable though. Blazing saddles is very edgy, and if you watch it without actively paying attention to who the comedy is (1/2)
SuedeDenimSecretPolice
Targeting it can take a racist appearance. Especially now that actual bigots claim they're just doing edgy comedy when they're just (2/3)
SuedeDenimSecretPolice
Being racist and punching down against minorities (see Steven Crowder). Blazing saddles always punched up. (3/3)
buttholedinosaur
Okay, no BS, this is one of the best coming of age movies that all Americans should watch, born here or imegre - required training.
MrChrome365
Well, you just gotta hope stupid doesn’t run in your family then.
frecklesnglitter
Ope I’m doomed
Yakeshinu
*crosses fingers"
Misterdruglicious
mental illness often does
DVSBSTrD
Don't worry, nobody runs in your family.
NotaCPA
you mean, a film directed by one of the greatest Jewish comedians, and acted by the greatest black and Jewish actors was racists? IN 1974!?!
TheMonkeysAngst
you mean the jew from danzig that fought nazis in the battle of the bulge? That Mel Brooks?
crateo
Gdansk. He would not have used the German name.
TheMonkeysAngst
sorry, thats the only name I knew for it
phoenixaddams
But it...satirizes and mocks racists
ErniesWidow
We don't want the Irish!
Slonchman
Irrelevant to the morons who complain about it. Supporting racism and satirically criticising racism = the same thing to some people
phoenixaddams
I knew someone BRIEFLY who called a Bruce Lee movie racist for him flipping nunchucks around. Yes she was white
Slonchman
Haha. I know the intention behind it is positive but it’s not helpful at all. Complaining about this stuff is a distraction from real issues
phoenixaddams
Exactly
TheEmeraldProphylactic
The Head of a UK primary school has banned phrases like “boys and girls” and “guys”. The children are expected to correct anyone who strays
Slonchman
My problem with that is that banning it implies one term is more offensive/inferior than the other, and that isn’t true at all.
BestUsernameICouldThinkOf
gumblemuntz
"What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is a-goin' on here?"
Yakeshinu
"Why are you standing around like some Kansas City 'bundles of wood' (just to make sure not marked mature...)
TheOldSchoolisBack
He said, “The Sheriff is near!”
Yakeshinu
"No gagafragit, I said "The sheriff is a "BELL CLANGING".!
youngblood2990
Candy gram for Mongo!
TheMonkeysAngst
'scuse me while i whip this out
AnimatedASMR
Apparently, the film killed the racist spaghetti western genre it was based on. So, it was a successful weapon against racism at the time.
Ifekinlovesauerkraut
God have mercy with her poor, simple-minded soul.
eternaldragon6661
ScuseMeWhileIWhipThisOut
you called?
Ringshadow
I saw this in an Alamo Drafthouse in 2018 when they were running Gene Wilder movies and it was obvious who had seen it and who hadn't.
Ringshadow
The people who had seen it were dying laughing, the people who hadn't were like "Is this okay to laugh at??"
artistandascholar2000
Boy that was lucky, we darn near lost a $400 hand cart!
ThaddeusMB
"What in the wide world of sports is a-goin' on here?"
Yakeshinu
Nice.
TheMonkeysAngst
No use workin on yer sun tan, won't do ya no good no how
PatOCOYG
Send a wire to the main office, and tell them that I said.. OW!
SeeNSaiyan
Send wire...main office, tell them I said “OW.” Gotcha!
notgoingtoarrestyou
"dock that chink a days wages for napping on the job"
notgoingtoarrestyou
GrumpyOldMillennial
Now, say that in authentic frontier gibberish!
CoyoteWill
Rabbah!
TheMonkeysAngst
Howard Johnson is right!
Dannyalcatraz
As a black dude, I have always claimed this film as one of the greatest comedies of all time.
AlwaysandEventuallyHannah
It's social satire and the social context has changed. It happens. Let it go.
aleister94
also OP probably made this up, weird reactionaries are obsessed with the idea that this movie "triggers people" and like, no it doesnt
Yakeshinu
Please explain?
Foxsayy
Possibly that what was satiricaly tongue-in-cheek @ the time is jarringly heavy-handed relative to issues now & the level of conversation
hellodepressionspeaking
If anyone thinks this movie is racist they never truly watched the movie. It's making fun of how dumb racists are
SomeDetroitGuy
If she thinks it is racist then she didn't get it.
SomeDetroitGuy
Or she is one of those white folks who think having their racism called out "is the real racism"
LurkerOfDarkness
So she doesn't get the genius of Mel Brooks...
offendingTheEasilyOffended
UP YOURS N.....!! I have the GIF but will get banned. Funny too bc I got it from here;)
SuedeDenimSecretPolice
It wasn't just about offending everyone though. Blazing saddles is edgy, but it always punched up. Racists were always the butt of the joke.
offendingTheEasilyOffended
No I get it, don’t get me wrong. I like to see it as: some of us get the satire and some don’t. I like watching the ones who don’t squirm:)
phoenixaddams
Exactly. It existed to offend racist white people. If you (not you) think it offended "everyone" and was just edgy you missed the point
MagosDotarius
Where the white women at!?
phoenixaddams
Hey boyyyyys!
heirsasquatch
Films like blazing saddles shouldn’t be edgy by today’s standards.
Yakeshinu
How so? He had problems getting it made then, do you think it could be made now without issue?
TheMonkeysAngst
This is 1874, you'll be able to sue her! Hedy Lamar tried to sue for mocking her name
heirsasquatch
I think there is less likelihood it would be made today than back the.
BigTex1
For comparison: they literally made a movie about sewing people together mouth to asshole. I don’t know why blazing saddles wouldn’t happen.
gandraw
Nobody ever got canceled for body horror. A single badly received racial joke can kill your career.
GadenKerensky
'Body Horror' and 'Political Correctness' aren't seen in the same light.
BigTex1
Team America, bad Santa, chuck & larry, Bruno, South Park, white chicks, soul plane, etc....happy?
GadenKerensky
Yes. I just think it's an important distinction to make as one definitely makes executive types more twitchy than the other.
Ifekinlovesauerkraut
You compare a mainstream American movie (Blazing Saddles) to a Dutch niche movie. This is not how it works.
BigTex1
Simmer down before you have a conniption Ron Howard, no one cares.
Ifekinlovesauerkraut
Ok boomer.
squiddna
I think younger people can't appreciate this movie because it did what it was supposed to do.
B99Reactions
It was suppose to have no understand satire and call everything racist that isn’t racist?
CheesecakePi
Not an age thing, some people just don't find humor in satire (or sometimes with a particular issue it's just more of a stretch for them).
DeadyBearr
It's why Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter didn't do that well.
PapaBearclaw
You mean the True story of Abraham Lincoln? Such a great documentary
SecondAccountforDoingOtherShit
I was curious about that one. It did seem very niche though.
SupernaturalReactions
jimwormmaster
It was a movie that truly broke ground...and wind.
phoenixaddams
Dude I'm not 30 yet and I'm capable of understanding what the movie is doing. Some people are just dipshits who don't understand anything
TheMonkeysAngst
After learning mel brooks was in the battle of the bulge i undersood why he is the way he is
tinydog
Dipshits everywhere...
phoenixaddams
The true dipshits are who watch Mel Brooks edited for network TV
tinydog
Hey, that's my youth in the 80's you're talking about.
OverwhelmingSurplusOfDiggity
Same reason that the Beatles are so boring today. They (and their producer!) were so brilliant than everyone copied them for 20 years. /1
OverwhelmingSurplusOfDiggity
So the Beatles just look like a hundred other bands now. Blazing Saddles just looks like a dated movie today, because it changed everything.
HillOfBeans
I like your analogy, I get what you’re saying.
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phoenixaddams
Blazing Saddles doesn't feel dated and hell my parents were alive for the Beatles heyday and didn't like them then. Boy Bands are Boy Bands
Sauroctonus
I wouldn't call The Beatles a boyband, those are more artificial with music written for them. The Beatles were unusual at the time because >
Sauroctonus
< they were writing their own music while being a massive mainstream hit.
carlsagansghost
The Beatles weren’t a boy band, you fool.
phoenixaddams
They're a band made up entirely of boys who at the time had a rabid teen girl fanbase but ok
Yakeshinu
Possibly, but we seem to no having a similar issue now. Nearly a quarter century later. That sucks.
cellpunk
Problem never went away. The quiet just got loud again.
SecondAccountforDoingOtherShit
Shine as much light as you want. There will always be shadows. We just have stay vigilant for when they begin to creep back into our minds.
Vojens
*half century
SecondAccountforDoingOtherShit
PantsBegone
That audience had blazing saddles. As we progress, I've seen more children and young adult content breaching the issues with growing nuance.
PantsBegone
It's the hatred passed down with s social structure that has forces blocking critical thinking and empathy opportunities. Bigotry in power.
license2kilt
Blazing Saddles came out in 1974.
encyclopediabritannica
rumandbass
yea... 1974 was 26 years ago...
AlarmClockBandit
Better check your dates son.
Imapseudonym
I'd say there's a significant difference. Far more white people are vocal about it than would have ever dared to be in 1974.
halfmexicanhalfamazing
Did it though...
phoenixaddams
Uh yeah
LackadasicalGoblin
These are the people who try to ban books like To Kill A Mockingbird cause its upsetting... Thats the point.
Foxsayy
I don't really think the two are a good comparison.TKAB is essentially a scenario that mimicked real ones with goodly Atticus for commentary
Foxsayy
I'm not making an argument for or against blazing saddles being racist in that comment, I just don't think they compare well.
LackadasicalGoblin
I'm just saying "oh this makes me uncomforrable so no is allowed to see it". Censorship in general
Beefkins
People say "theyd never be able to release a movie like that today!" Like really? You don't think a movie making fun of racists would do ok?
MoniWats8888
I just remember how my dad told me how pissed off grandpa was when he went to the theater to see a 'western'.
joe6paques
Keeping a straight face as long as Cleavon Little did here is the greatest acting I’ve seen on screen.
instrumentmusical101
I wanna know how many bloopers it took.
Elvishasnotleftthebuilding
That was a genuine reaction by Little. Wilder improvised that line.
Onlyhereforthelaughs
I dunno man, what about when they talked about Biggus Dickus?
Aeonika
Do you find it wiseable?
TuppenceWoofer
He Hath a Wife you know
CommunCreator
We have theveral thedithiouth Thamarianth, Thimon the Thadduthean thtrangler…
AgamemnonsMemes
You can see him struggle in a few spots which makes it better.
Talorin23
I love actors trying not to corpse. see also: "Supercop" story scene in Beverly Hills Cop.
SirStevesy
Gene Wilder could read the back of a shampoo bottle and make it hilarious
Yakeshinu
RIGHT?! With Gene Wilder THAT close and Mel Brooks (known for cracking up and ruining scenes.... XD
Maestr055
Remember that Monty Python clip of Biggus Dickus?
Aeonika
I have seen it multiple times and I crack up way faster.
TheGriffin
Counterpoint https://youtu.be/3yMy7JuGpJM
jimwormmaster
What was that from?
joe6paques
Re-convene the Academy — they forgot to give out one Oscar!
UFoBratano
Tim Curry is the best
Aeav8r
He'll receive the order of Lenin for this.
wherethehorriblethingsare
That's the entire point. It's a commentary on racism. It's supposed to have people doing racist shit in it so they can make an Aesop.
buttholedinosaur
iamlamp2
Excuse me. An Aesop?
SuicidalThrillbillyturnedLunaticChillbilly
Wasn't that the point of All in the Family as well?
RobertDinero013
Yep. Xenophobic old Al always had to eat his words in the end, and then when the Jeffersons spun-off of it they addressed interracial issues
theheebs25
that one kind of backfired though. a big audience just thought Archie was awesome. Mockery was the intention, however.
mugsyotoole
Yep. People forget to question the motivation of the writers (one of whom was Richard Pryor, btw)
bornsleepy
I think the word you are looking for is satire
aleister94
yes but consider the possibility that this interaction never happened
MattMcC980
And every character who is racist is evil, a moron or both.
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
So an accurate depiction, then.
ImgurHandle
Cleavon Little was an amazing bugs bunny opposite a legion of racist elmer fudds
ImgurMadeMeChangeMyNameCauseItsDumb
The black guy is the only person who isn't fucking idiot . Racist things happen but its always to show how dumb racism is.
bagoffishstix
Yakeshinu
Yep. That's my point as well. I'm just annoyed that my sister completely missed it. She's 23, btw.
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
Why are you annoyed? Some People at the time thought the film was racist too. Not everyone’s gonna like the film or get it.
Foxsayy
I remember I watched this when I was a kid and tried to watch it again recently. The liberal use of the N-word is uncomfortable.
SawdustAndRust
She’s still a baby. It’ll take some explaining and cultural reference. So you’ll have to get her off tiktok for, like, 20 minutes. Good luck
Deadpo0l
No offense but your sister’s kinda dumb. Glad she’s not racist tho
notyou6
Go find a copy of the 25th anniversary dvd. They made a tv pilot called Black Bart. I cannot describe it! Its fucking horribly awesome!!!!!
eratoanothea
I get the point of the movie and it's still hard for me to watch.
Qualtagh
This film satirized the time it was made in. We still have racism, but not quite the same brand as back then. So the satire isn't going 1/?
EvilAbedsBoneSaw
I think that Tropic Thunder might be today's version of that satirical racism with which younger generations can identify & find funny.
Qualtagh
Agreed!
SecondAccountforDoingOtherShit
"What do you mean you people?" "What do YOU mean you people!?" So great.
Qualtagh
to be quite so crisp for new viewers. On the one hand, I'm sad that such a great movie is fading from our culture, but on the other... 2/?
Qualtagh
that was the whole goal! You don't make satire if you want the status quo to fuckin stick around. The perfect work of satire 3/4
Qualtagh
would be one that is completely unrelatable for future generations. 4/4
Isi151e
I also miss this guys sister
RecurringNightmare
go on and show her 48hrs + another 48hrs, maybe she will get your point then ^^
TylerVelte
Too many people these days have no concept of context. It’s just blanket statements all the way down...
oblimo
Did you leave out the /s on purpose?
notallwholurkarelost
Don't think he was being sarcastic
PantsBegone
Context is everything. Context is everything. Context is everything. (mantra)
IIikethecutofyourjib
But to bs fair, she is more sensitive to racism, which ia good. This kinda stuff was to point out racism. You just need to communicate the
GadenKerensky
People seem to get upset with a new 'overly sensitive' generation, but it seems like younger people may not find this stuff amusing for the>
GadenKerensky
same reasons they fight for equality. Changing times.
Darkspire
"quit being so sensitive" "Ok bro, you couldn't even share your water fountains, but muh generation"
IIikethecutofyourjib
Need for this kind of commentary to bring attention to racism.
wadatahmydamie
100%. It was made in an era where the bean scene was considered obscenity
poppadum
I think you had enough!
MasterGed
Obscenity in the vicinity of our eyes?
JCBalance
Still kinda missing the point though. Pointing out racism and showing how ridiculous it is isn't racist.
PaulHavingABall
(1)There were far too many kids in my middle school who saw this and started using the n-word casually because they thought it was funny.
PaulHavingABall
(2)my republican uncle thinks this movie holds up is because back then you could make a joke without worrying about being called a racist
IIikethecutofyourjib
My second comment points this out.
duhleted
Sensitivity is not the best tool for eradicating racism imho.
QuickGoogleSearch
How so? I think its more about punching up rather than punching down. What is the underlying message of the joke determines acceptability.
duhleted
Sometimes you need hard hitting humor to drive a point home. Like blazing saddles or chapelle shows clayton Bigsby.
Darkspire
Being aware of it and calling it out is. Part of that is being sensitive enough to pick it up, because it's a shit ton of dog whistling.
duhleted
I see where you are coming from and agree. It's important to not be so sensitive that you become a hammer and everything looks like a nail.
causality
These days people conflate depiction with endorsement.
TeaOverdose
seriously there's a weird push in fan spaces to just stop depicting problematic behavior... they don't get that stories need conflict :/
spechtimus
Community's drow/blackface dnd episode got taken off like all the steaming sites off of fear. :/ That's how you get people to turn ignorant.
blaghart
Because almost all of the depiction of problematic behavior IS endorsement to a degree. Almost none are deliberate attacks on it like this
morelikeconsham
Cool. And that's relevant how? It's very easy to tell apart depictions from endorsements. You can just push to stop endorsing problematic
morelikeconsham
behavior.